Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Due to Incomplete Fix for CVE-2020-5873

CVE-2024-21782

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
F5
Status
BIG-IP
BIG-IQ
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 February 2024

Summary

BIG-IP or BIG-IQ Resource Administrators and Certificate Managers who have access to the secure copy (scp) utility but do not have access to Advanced shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands with a specially crafted command string. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5873.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP < 17.1.1

BIG-IP < 16.1.4

BIG-IP < 15.1.9

Refferences

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K98606833
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

F5
.